The Music Conservatory of Westchester welcomes Croton-on-Hudson painter Christopher Magadini as part of their new Artist Exhibition Series
featuring local painters and photographers. Magadini’s exhibition, Light and Shadows, The Hudson and Beyond, has been on display since February 25. On Friday, March 19, there will
be an opportunity to meet the artist and view the works. The exhibit will remain up through Wednesday, April 14. This event begins at 6PM inside the Michael Stadther & Helen Demetrios
Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. The gallery space is a generous gift of Mary Lynn Marx Bianco, in honor of her parents Virginia and Leonard Marx. For more details, email info [at] musiced.org.
On February 27, NY Philharmonic’s Jon Deak will offer a free children’s composition workshop at the Music Conservatory. The workshop, which begins at 12:30PM, is open to the public. Advanced registration is requested. Later that afternoon, “Kids on Central: Piano, Percussion, and Harp” will teach audience members about what the three instruments have in common through engaging demonstrations and original compositions written and performed by Conservatory students. The unique stories center on a “Magic Ring!” Children also have the opportunity to see, touch, and try out the different instruments prior to the concert at 2:30PM.
On March 19, 2010, join piano duo Svetlana Gorokhovich and Irena Portenko for our next “Live on Central” concert at 7 p.m. Symphonic and operatic repertoire that has been arranged for four-hand or piano duo setting. Attempts to minimize the number of players, but retain broad variety of timbres and dynamics as well as to mirror the range of voices and orchestral instruments.
Tickets are $15; $10 for students and senior citizens; and free for MCW students and faculty. Reservations are recommended.
White Plains, NY – The Music Conservatory of Westchester welcomes New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Bassist Jon Deak for a February concert lineup that celebrates world renowned musicians and budding young artists alike. Joined by violinist Joanna Jenner, founding member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and noted piano soloist and chamber musician Zeyda Ruga Suzuki, the trio presents “Serious But Not Stuffy,” classical music with a twist of humor, on Friday, February 26 at 7PM. The following day, February 27 at 3PM, “Piano, Percussion, and Harp” will offer children a fun, informative, and hands-on introduction to the instruments with music written and performed by Conservatory composition students.
Also a prominent composer, Jon Deak’s compositions have lead to Pulitzer Prize nominations as well as commissions and premieres by the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and numerous chamber music groups and festivals. “Serious But Not Stuffy” will feature Deak’s work mixed in with familiar favorites – Mozart, Chopin, and a variety of short salon pieces. Read more »
Music Conservatory of Westchester – Teen Vocal Ensemble – Singing “Hushabye Mountain” and “Sleigh Ride” – Thomas Jamerson, Conductor – Marianna Salzman, pianist
Amanda Ryckman, who moved to Chappaqua from Florida a few months ago, enrolled her daughter in music and voice classes and it is really paying off. “It’s opened a lot of doors,” Ryckman said of her 10-year-old daughter, Victoria. “My daughter, right now, her whole life is music. She’s already doing opera, she’s singing in Italian.” Victoria wasn’t singing in Italian on Saturday, but she did play the role of a rural mouse in “City Mouse-Country Mouse,” produced by the Music Conservatory of Westchester. Full Story
Learn about bows, bridges, pegs, and why the giant bass sounds so low at the Music Conservatory of Westchester’s first Kids on Central concert of the season, “The String Family,” on Saturday, January 30 at 3 p.m. “The String Family” offers children a fun, informative, and hands-on introduction to the orchestra’s largest section – the strings. Each Kids on Central concert includes instrument demonstrations by a member of the Conservatory’s distinguished faculty, as well as a musical storytelling activity with music performed by Conservatory students. “The String Family” features student performers Eugene Bender and Angela Griffin, violins; Priscilla Martinez, viola; Matthew Holt, cello; and Michael Martinez, double bass; in a performance of Aesop’s “City Mouse, Country Mouse.” The musical story will be narrated by voice student Emma Boisitz, with voice students Victoria Ryckman and Nora Mark as the mice.
Prior to each concert, starting at 2:00 p.m., children also have the opportunity to see, touch, and try out the different instruments. The hands-on string instrument display will be provided by Atelier of Greenwich, CT. Performances are held in the Conservatory’s Helen Demetrios and Michael Stadther Recital Hall. Tickets are $15; $10 for students and senior citizens; and free for Conservatory students and faculty. Get your tickets below.
The Suzuki Holiday Concerts, which were postponed due to inclement weather on Saturday, Dec. 19, have been rescheduled to Saturday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Room 200.
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